Ottawa Township is a

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in Franklin County,

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. As of the 2000 census, its population was 868.

Geography

Ottawa Township covers an area of and contains one incorporated settlement,

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(the county seat). According to the

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, it contains five cemeteries: Highland, Hope, Indian, Mount Calvary and Mount Evergreen. The streams of Appanoose Creek, Eightmile Creek, Island Creek, Nugent Creek, Sand Creek, Spring Creek, Tauy Creek, Walnut Creek, Wilson Creek and Wolf Creek run through this township.

References

USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)

External links

Townships in Franklin County, Kansas Townships in Kansas {{FranklinCountyKS-geo-stub